Toxicological effects involved in risk assessment of rare earth lanthanum on roots of Vicia faba L. seedlings

Combined chemical analyses and biological measurements were utilized to investigate potential toxicological effects and possible mechanisms involved in risk assessment of rare earth elements (REEs) on Vicia faba L. seedlings, which were hydroponically cultivated and exposed to various concentrations of lanthanum (La) for 15 days. The results showed that La contents in both the solution and roots increased with the increase of extraneous La, contributing to hormetic dose responses of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and endoprotease (EP) isozymes activities, and HSP 70 production enhanced at low doses but suppressed at higher doses of La. These physiological responses constituted antioxidant and detoxification systems against La-induced oxidative stress. The elevated La levels also contributed to oxidatively modified proteins, which were most responsible for subsequent cell death and growth retardation of the roots. By combination of hormetic and traditional threshold dose levels, the threshold dose range was deduced to be 108-195 μg La/g dry weight in the roots, corresponding to 0.90-3.12 mg/L of soluble La in the culture solution. It suggests that persistent applications of REEs may lead to potential ecological risk in the environment.     

一种改进的模拟水灭火过程对抗式交互模型

针对虚拟火灾和燃气真火模拟训练系统中的灭火过程交互模型,研究了改进型对抗式系统动力学特性模型,并完成符号求解。讨论并提出了消防员行为、火场外部特征等要素变化条件下的模型架构,给出了连续时间区间的模拟灭火交互模型序列构成形式。分析了交互过程控制参数特性、功能和物理意义,对灭火过程的简化模拟方法进行了完整描述。运用模型编制了消防水灭火典型过程的参数化交互控制时序规律,给出了灭火过程交互模型实际应用的基本方法和步骤。     

半推流式活性污泥系统工程应用特点分析

根据工程实例和应用结果 ,分析了复合式活性污泥系统半推流式系统的特点 .即 :该系统具有处理深度大、抗冲击负荷强、不易发生污泥膨胀等优点 ,适合于工业废水的治理 .     

半推流式活性污泥系统反应动力学分析

从生物反应动力学、出口年龄分布函数和抗冲击负荷能力方面,分析讨论了一种新型复合式活性污泥系统——半推流式系统． 工程应用实例结果说明,该系统具有处理深度大、抗冲击负荷强、不易发生污泥膨胀等优点,适合于工业废水的治理．     

pH冲击对海洋厌氧氨氧化菌处理含海水污水脱氮效能的影响

采用ASBR反应器,研究了pH冲击对海洋厌氧氨氧化菌处理含海水污水脱氮效能的影响,并利用Andrew模型和Ratkowsky模型模拟pH冲击下海洋厌氧氨氧化菌的脱氮过程.结果表明,当pH在7~8时,反应器的脱氮效果最佳,氨氮去除负荷(NRR)稳定在(0.30±0.04)kg·(m~3·d)~(-1),总氮去除率(TNRE)在(76.73±5.74)%;当pH为8.5时,游离氨(FA)的平均浓度为14.22 mg·L~(-1),该FA浓度对NRR的影响较小,NRR仍维持在(0.30±0.02)kg·(m~3·d)~(-1)左右,但是NO_2~--N在pH的直接影响下出现了积累,不能够完全去除,此条件不利于反应器的稳定运行;当pH为6.5和9时,FA浓度分别为0.22mg·L~(-1)和37.84 mg·L~(-1),NRR分别低至(0.10±0.02)kg·(m~3·d)~(-1)和(0.15±0.02)kg·(m~3·d)~(-1),且TNRE仅为(23.04±9.88)%和(42.12±5.52)%.海洋厌氧氨氧化菌在碱性条件下的耐受性强于酸性条件.采用修正的Andrew模型进行拟合,得到了NRR与FA之间的相互关系,同时还可以得到NRR_(max)、k_S和k_I等参数,对于表征海洋厌氧氨氧化菌的脱氮过程具有实际意义.     

Heterogeneous uptake of gaseous hydrogen peroxide on mineral dust

The heterogeneous uptake processes of hydrogen peroxide on Arizona test dust and two types of authentic Chinese mineral dusts, i.e., Inner Mongolia desert dust and Xinjiang calciferous dust, were investigated using a Knudsen cell reactor coupled with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The uptake coefficients were measured as a function of the initial concentration of H_2O_2 from 2.6 × 10~(11) to 1.2 × 10~(12)molecules/cm~3, and the temperature dependence of the uptake coefficients was investigated over a range from 253 to 313 K. The concentration of H_2O_2 showed little effect on the uptake coefficients of these heterogeneous processes. As a function of temperature, the initial uptake coefficients decrease with increasing temperature, whereas the steady state uptake coefficients of Arizona test dust and Inner Mongolia desert dust increase with increasing temperature. Implications for the understanding of the uptake processes onto mineral dust samples were also discussed.     

Arsenic uptake and transport of Pteris vittata L. as influenced by phosphate and inorganic arsenic species under sand cu｜ture

In order to understand the similarity or difference of inorganic As species uptake and transport related to phosphorus in As-hyperaccumulator, uptake and transport of arsenate (As(Ⅴ)) and arsenite (As(Ⅲ)) were studied using Pteris vittata L. under sand culture. Higher concentrations of phosphate were found to inhibit accumulation of arsenate and arsenite in the fronds of P. vittata. The reduction in As accumulation was greater in old fronds than in young fronds, and relatively weak in root and rhizome. Moderate increases, from 0.05 to 0.3 mmol/L, in phosphate reduced uptake of As(Ⅲ) more than As(Ⅴ), while the reverse was observed at high concentrations of phosphate (≥ 1.0 mmol/L). Phosphate apparently reduced As transport and the proportion of As accumulated in fronds of P. vittata when As was supplied as As(Ⅴ). It may in part be due to competition between phosphorus and As(Ⅴ) during transport. In contrast, phosphate had a much smaller effect on As transport when the As was supplied as As(Ⅲ). Therefore, the results from present experiments indicates that a higher concentration of phosphate suppressed As accumulation and transport in P. vittata, especially in the fronds, when exposure to As(Ⅴ); but the suppression of phosphate to As transport in the root or rhizome may be insignificant when P. vittata when exposure to As(Ⅲ) under sand culture conditions. The finding will help to understand the interaction of P and As during their uptake process in P. vittata.     

特别选题:环境微界面过程与污染控制序

长期以来,人们主要关注的是污染物的均相环境过程,这一点在大气污染化学和水污染化学的研究中尤其明显。然而近年来,人们开始关注环境中的非均相反应过程,从相对微观的尺度思考和探索环境的微界面问题,并从不同的视角不断认识和揭示这一过程在环境污染及其控制中的作用和意义。1997年,由荷兰科学家L.K.Koopal教授发起设立了Interfaces Against Pollution两年一次的系列国际会议,形成了全球范围内有关科学研究组织和科学家探讨和交流环境界面问题的重要平台。中国科学院生态环境研究中心汤鸿霄院士在我国首次提出环境微界面的概念,并于2003年主编了《环境科学学报》之“环境微界面过程研究论文专辑”,为该专辑作序并发表了“环境纳米污染物与微界面水质过程”的研究论文,对环境纳米微界面问题给出了全面和准确的内涵,进而开启了我国在此方面的系统性研究工作。基于汤鸿霄院士提出的环境微界面内涵和思想,2006年中国科学院生态环境研究中心组织了“环境微界面过程与污染控制”创新研究群体,得到国家自然科学基金委员会的资助。群体的研究目标是深入探索污染物在环境微界面的转移转化机制与控制原理,力争在复杂条件下微界面的定量化表征、污染物在环境微界面的转移转化规律及复合效应、基于微界面原理的环境过程调控等方面取得科学与技术突破。该研究群体的建立及深入开展相关的研究工作,将有力推动我国环境微界面理论和技术的研究进展,也将不断培养本研究方向的专业化高级人才。在过去的2年里,该研究群体在不同环境微界面特征及过程表达、污染物在典型介质和界面变化行为的原位观测、水/气/土/生物微界面上污染物的转移转化规律、基于微界面过程的水、气、固等环境的污染控制等方面取得预期研究进展。本专栏所组织的稿件,即试图从不同角度反映我们所关注的环境微界面研究领域,并通过前期研究所获得的一些具体的科学数据和结果,对环境微界面过程给出进一步的认识。然而,由于本群体的研究工作还不够深入,这样一个专栏所发表的内容不论是对环境微界面的概念与内涵,还是在探索与创新上,都还是初步的和不成熟的。或者说,本专栏所反映的只是一个有待发展和完善的科学思路。由于本专栏作者水平有限,这些论文定有不少谬误之处,敬请读者批评指正。 衷心感谢《环境科学学报》编辑部为我们提供这样一个重要的平台和机会,感谢他们为本专栏组稿、编辑和出版所做出的辛苦努力！     

抑制煤矿瓦斯爆炸传播的新技术设想

基于石油阻火装置对可燃气体爆炸传播的火焰具有淬熄作用,对压力波具有抑制作用,提出将金属丝网、波纹板型等几种结构用于抑制煤矿瓦斯爆炸传播的新思路,填补了阻火器在煤矿中应用的空白,为煤矿阻隔爆技术开拓出新的领域.     

Measurement and analysis of non-Fickian dispersion in heterogeneous porous media

Contaminant breakthrough behavior in a variety of heterogeneous porous media was measured in laboratory experiments, and evaluated in terms of both the classical advection-dispersion equation (ADE) and the continuous time random walk (CTRW) framework. Heterogeneity can give rise to non-Fickian transport patterns, which are distinguished by "anomalous" early arrival and late time tails in breakthrough curves. Experiments were conducted in two mid-scale laboratory flow cells packed with clean, sieved sand of specified grain sizes. Three sets of experiments were performed, using a "homogeneous" packing, a randomly heterogeneous packing using sand of two grain sizes, and an exponentially correlated structure using sand of three grain sizes. Concentrations of sodium chloride tracer were monitored at the inflow reservoir and measured at the outflow reservoir. Breakthrough curves were then analyzed by comparison to fitted solutions from the ADE and CTRW formulations. In all three systems, including the "homogeneous" one, subtle yet measurable differences between Fickian and non-Fickian transport were observed. Quantitative analysis demonstrated that the CTRW theory characterized the full shape of the breakthrough curves far more effectively than the ADE.